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    Jane Austen ’s _Pride and Prejudice_ Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist‚ who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life and whose works have set her among the most widely read writes in English Literature. Daughter of a Church rector‚ she lived most of her life in the enclosed circle of the country middle-class‚ which constituted the main source of inspiration for her work. She created the comedy of manners which is

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    In the novel The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald‚ the narrator Nick Carraway‚ a young man from a wealthy family in the West‚ moves out to the East to live on his own‚ renting a small house in West Egg near Manhattan. Nick’s tiny house is surrounded by the mansions of newly rich millionaires‚ and the biggest‚ grandest mansion of them all belongs to Nick’s neighbor‚ the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Across the bay in the more fashionable West Egg‚ populated by millionaires from rich families‚ lives

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    Annotated Bibliography Austen Jane‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Planet PDF‚ (http://www.planetpdf.com/) The novel Pride and Prejudice is an electrifying story of the everyday going on during the nineteenth-century. The standards that are imparted in each of the character in the novel Pride and Prejudice represent the type of civilization there are on Jane Austen time. The story focuses mainly on the daughter of Bennet’s family who is trying to break the tradition that society accustomed. She does not want

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    “The Great Gatsby” is a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was an American novelist who is today regarded as one of the best writers in American History. “The Great Gatsby” novel has been read and is still being read in high schools all across America. Even though this novel has been around for decades it wasn’t until recently in the year of 2013 did the novel turn into a movie. Just like all movies based off of books and novels‚ the film makers have decisions on how faithful they will

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    about to spend their time reading about. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is an example of a novel with such a title that is very significant in the development of the story. As the reader proceeds through the book‚ the significance of the title becomes more obvious. Using only three words‚ Austen is able to tie together the main components of the novel‚ such as character descriptions and a basic plot summary. The title Pride and Prejudice is effective in narrowing down all words used to describe

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    The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Inclass Essay The 2013 version of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald had portrayed chapter five to his intentions better than the 1974 movie version. The 2013 movie represented the emotions and imagery of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan’s meeting better than the 1974 version. Some crucial aspects that was presented around the scene was how weird and strange the atmosphere was between Jay and Daisy‚ the scenery and rain‚ and the clock that Jay broke. First‚ when Jay

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    Jane Austen loved to read. She read epistolary1 novels‚ which accounts for the 21 letters present in Pride and Prejudice. The narrator in Pride and Prejudice is omniscient‚ anonymous‚ and reliable. Several of the characters in Pride and Prejudice read and write. Mr. Bennet—reads on page 85‚ Austen does not present letters to reader. His family knows him as "a most negligent and dilatory correspondent."—page 223. They hoped that he would write from London while he was off searching for Lydia

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    Finding the girl that fits the shoe is not the only way to find love. "Cinderella" is one of the most commonly compared stories with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. They have an abundant amount of similarities and differences. The similarities that pop out most between the two are‚ higher and lower classes have two different lifestyles‚ the mothers of the female protagonist‚ and the males both marry a woman from a lower class. Whereas the differences that grab the reader’s attention are the

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    Understanding Marriage Marriage as a perfect ending to the novel written by Jane Austen‚ Pride and Prejudice. People find themselves conflicted with the rules in society. However‚ rebelling to these rules of the society leads to happiness since the best path to happiness is in compromise. This setting is familiar with Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice. The book is in the 19th century setting‚ in England. Elizabeth Bennet is a productive independent woman who seems to be in a position where

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    The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a book filled with twists and turns of events from beginning to end. It involves a love/hate relationship triangle. The two characters I am comparing and contrasting are Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby. Both of these men yearn for a relationship with a lady named Daisy. These characters are similar because they each want to earn Daisy’s love; yet‚ they are drastically different. Both Tom Buchannan and Jay Gatsby are men who commit two different types of uniform

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